Riding the WORLDS FASTEST Bullet Train in JAPAN from Osaka to Hiroshima

Riding the WORLDS FASTEST Bullet Train in JAPAN from Osaka to Hiroshima

Hi, everyone.
I’m Mark from Travelshorts. That’s my son, Matthew.
That’s my daughter, Holly. And today’s the third day
of our epic Japan trip. And the plan is to go from Osaka,
where we are now, to Hiroshima and Miyajima Island
by the Shinkansen bullet train. As today is going to be the last day we’re
staying in this hotel because we’re going to move on to the Universal Studios
Park Front Hotel this evening. We’re checking out now. Last night, I went online and did
a luggage forwarding service so we don’t have to carry our bags with us
to Hiroshima or leave them in reception downstairs and then come back at the end
of our day trip and pick them up and take them to the new hotel. We’re going to drop these downstairs now. We’ve got a QR code from the company
that’s going to be doing it. Then hopefully, when we get to our new hotel this evening,
our cases will be there waiting for us. Just two.
Okay, thank you. We’ve checked out. We’ve left our bags with the concierge. Fingers crossed,
everything’s going to work out okay with those, and they’ll be
forwarded to our next hotel. It’s 7:40 in the morning. Our Shinkansen leaves from Shin-Osaka
Station at 9:02. We’ve left ourselves quite a bit
of time to get there on time. We’re going from Namba Station,
going on the subway to Shin-Osaka. That’s what we’re going to be doing first. Our hotel here, the Hotel Monterey,
Grasmere, is just a few minutes walk to the station. The subway line we’re going to take
to Shin-Osaka Station this morning is the Misuji Line. To ride the subway today,
we’re using IC cards. The one for the Osaka area, which is
where we arrived, is the ICOCA card. Me and Matthew got an adult one. Holly’s got a child one, which means
that all her rides are half fair. Even though, like I said,
the ICOCA cards are originally purchased in Osaka, it can be used throughout Japan. If you arrived into places like Tokyo,
you’ll get a Suica card or a Passmo, but they’re all identical and they
can all be used in the same places. We’re going to be going from between this
morning, standing off at Namba Station, taking 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, getting off
at the seventh stop, Shin-Osaka, M13. I think we’re just going
to wait for the next one. You okay Holly? Blue sign, says Shinkansen. What would be best for me?. Matthew is going to get that chicken one. Okay, Matthew’s changed his mind. He’s going to get that one there. That’s a self-eating one as well,
so it can be warm. We got our Ekibens for the train. That’s going to be our
breakfast once we get moving. We’ve just arrived at the Shinkansen
entrance this way. We’ve got our JR Kansai Hiroshima passes. I’ll talk about these
while we’re on the train. We’re going to go through here
now and try and find our platform. That’s our train. Well, there’s our train there,
number 5 9:02, platform number 22. Let’s go and find platform 22. We’re the second train from this platform. Theres one before ours,
but we’ll go up and take a look. So you know where your carriage will be arriving at at the station. It’s quite clearly signed on the floor. We’re going from carriage number 12. That line begins here. So far, everything in this station has
been really straightforward, really easy to find where we needed to go
after we got off the subway to to come here on platform 22. Signs are in English
and in Japanese, obviously. So everything has been really
straightforward, really simple. No issues at all in finding
where we need to be. We made it onto the train. Once we get moving, I’ll do a seat tour
so you guys can take a look around. For safety reasons,
please do not place the luggage in the rear space in front of the doors
or in the deck area without permission. This may cause inconvenience to other
passengers and could lead to trouble. Unattended luggage may be treated as
lost property or considered suspicious. Please take care to manage
your belongings at all times. If you have difficulty handling your
luggage, please contact a train conductor. We apologise for any inconvenience,
and thank you for your understanding and cooperation. This is the Nozomi Super Express,
bound for Hakata. We We will be stopping at, Shin-Kobe,
Okayama, Kupuyaman, Hiroshima, and Kokura stations. Before we get to Hakata terminal,
cars one and two, are for passengers without seat reservations. Okay, we’ll depart in Shin-Osaka station. I think it’s time to have
a bit of a seat tour, shall we? As you can see, there’s an awful lot
of leg room, a lot more than I expected. Look at that. Proof. A lot a lot of leg room. In front of us are the tray tables. Let’s open that, see what they look like. We’ve plenty of space
there for our Ekibens. which we’re going to start eating in a minute. We are in the row of three seats,
but there’s also two, so it’s a two and three configuration. Also, if you’re travelling as a family
of four on the double seats, if you put your foot on that button down
below there, press it, spin the seats around, you can face each other. Got a window seat, which at the moment we
go through a tunnel, so you can’t really see anything. Also, by pulling that there,
you can put your seat back. Quite far, actually. That goes back really far.
I want to do that, though. That’d be annoying to the people behind. There we go. That is a seat tour of the Nozomi
number 5, bound for Hiroshima. Actually, it’s bound for Hakata. I believe this train started
in Tokyo earlier today. It’s Tokyo to Hakata. We’re travelling today on a Nozomi
number 5, which is an N700 bullet train. I believe it might be the fastest one
in the fleet and can reach speeds of over 300 kilometres per hour. You’re able to put your hand
luggage above the seats there. There’s quite a lot of space,
but they don’t like you to use that for oversize baggage like suitcases. If you are taking oversize baggage
and large suitcases with you on the train, you need to pre-reserve the back seats
of every carriage, and you can put your cases behind that seat. We don’t need to do that today
because we are only on a day trip. But on our later bullet train where we’re
going from Kyoto to Tokyo, I’ve reserved those seats so we can put our cases there. We’re just arriving at our first station. This is Shin-Kobe Station. I think it’s only been about 10
minutes since we departed Osaka. Do you want to start eating your Ekibens? You hungry? So there’s Matthew’s
and there’s Holly’s. I’ll show you how to do them, shall I? Both Matthew and Holly
have got self-heating ones. What we’re going to do? Probably says the instructions somewhere. Might not be a self-heating one. I thought it was. Okay, so do you want
to just open everything up? We have got, I think,
maybe beef or pork or lamb, some meat, egg, bed of rice, and a mochi for dessert. Some vegetables there. What’s it like? This is going to be mine. Let’s see what this looks like. I think this is either a pork
côtelet or a chicken côtelet. I don’t know what this is, but try a bit. I’m going to do my best
not to make a mess. Now, I’m not going to lie,
it is a little bit awkward eating because it is quite cramped. I know we’ve got quite a lot space here,
but it is still quite difficult to pack everything onto the tray table
and enjoy our food. I think we are all really liking this. I’m about to tuck in now. This Is it Almost got away.
Here’s the egg. Anyway, I don’t think you guys want to see
me eating, so I’m going to put the camera away and enjoy our breakfast. Okay, we’ve come to a stop. They said they’re currently checking
the vehicle, so I’m not sure how long it’s going to be before we move on. Give us more time to eat our Ekibens. There, finished it all. That It was really nice. I enjoyed eating that. We’ve finished our Ekibens now,
so we’re going to try and find a bin to put them in. I think Holly’s going
to help me do it as well. While I’m over there,
we do a quick tour of the train, see what the bathroom’s like, shall we? Because it won’t be a train tour,
if we don’t do a bathroom tour as well. I thought I’d do a tour of the bathroom’s
onboard, and as you can see, when I came in, there’s an awful lot of space in here. Starting from the door. First of all, it’s an automatic door,
so you just push that to close it, push that to open it. When you do close it,
make sure you lock the door there. We’ve got a sink, baby changing station, a place to put your baby while you’re going to the bathroom if you need to,
and then the toilet there, as well as a small sink by there as well. But yeah, look at the amount of space. There’s an awful lot of space in here. Awful lot of space. I think that’s enough
for the tour of the toilet. I’m going to head back to my seat. We’ve also got a sink out here
to wash your hands if you want to. Looks like the train stopped yet again. The last time it stopped
was for 11 minutes. Now, I’m not sure what’s happening. They said they’re getting
somebody to inspect the train. I think we might have picked
the wrong one this morning. We could have gone to the Hiroshima one
just 20 minutes sooner, but I wanted to leave a little buffer time. It worked out because we got up at seven
o’clock this morning, left the hotel 7:30. I was a bit worried of getting up earlier
than that, so I didn’t want to really get up at 6:30 to catch
that earlier train. The journey today from Shin-saka Station
to Hiroshima Station is due to take around an hour and 25 minutes. It’s probably going to take a little bit
more than that now that we’ve been there delayed twice. But we’re not in any major rush,
so it’s not too bad. While we stopped as well,
I thought I’d tell you guys that I’ve written a travel guide to Japan. It contains everywhere we stayed,
everything we’ve done, tips and tricks we’ve learned along
the way, where we bought attractions, how to stay connected as well,
because you’re obviously going to need data while you’re in Japan,
so you can use your phone for things like Google Maps or Google Translate. If you’re interested,
it’s absolutely totally free. I won’t even ask you
for your email address. There’ll be a link to download it
in the description down below, or you can scan the QR code on the screen now. That’s the Travelshorts Guide to Japan.
Totally free. I will not ask for anything. Just simply click the link, scan the code,
and it’ll download straight away. As we’re getting on as well, I did mention
the type of ticket that we had today. This is the JR Kansai Hiroshima Pass. It’s valid for five days and it’s
part of the JR Pass system. Normally, I would not recommend
getting the JR Passes anymore. In the past, they used to be really
cost-effective, but now, since they put their price
in about two years ago, it’s probably cheaper to pay
for individual Shinkansen tickets along your trip. Unless you are going to use the Shinkansen
or the bullet train on with every day to tour around Japan,
I do not recommend the JR pass, but the JR Kansai Hiroshima pass was very
cost-effective for what we wanted to do. In fact, it was a no-brainer
to actually purchase that. I don’t recall the cost for a return
Shinkansen train to Hiroshima and back. I’ll put the cost down the bottom
of the description here, how much that would cost,
just getting those trains direct. Or when I investigated a bit further, the JR Kansai Hiroshima Pass was actually cheaper than just a return
fare on the Shinkansen. Technically, it’s valid for five days,
although we’re only going to be using it today. Probably in a couple of days time,
no It’s three day’s time when we’re going to Kyoto, so we’re able to use it not
on the Shinkansen, but on the regular trains from Osaka
to Nara, and then Nara to Kyoto. Also, when we’re in Hiroshima today,
we can use it for local transport and Also a ferry that takes us to Miyajima Island. But like I said, that pass was
actually cheaper than the return fare. I’ll put the cost of the pass that I paid
on the screen here, and I purchased that through Klook. If you’re not familiar with Klook,
they’re a Travel Booking Service for buying tickets, attractions,
and lots of things all around the world. I’ve used it extensively on my travels. If you are going to purchase this ticket
through Klook or any other tickets that you might want for attractions or train fares. If you use my referral code,
TravelShortsKlook, which is on there, you’ll get 5% off your first purchase. I’d just like to point out I’m not
sponsored by Klook in this video at all. I just purchased those tickets myself
for my own money because they were the most cost-effective
ones I could find online. I suppose I should also point out that you
could use Klook to purchase Shinkansen tickets for anywhere around Japan,
and you could still use my referral code to get 5% off price. Like I mentioned earlier,
if you are bringing in oversize luggage as well, when you’re checking out through
Klook, if you buy just Shinkansen tickets on there, especially in reserved seats. But if you buy reserved seats via Klook
for the Shinkansen, there’s actually an option you can click
to say you want oversize baggage, and they will automatically book you those
back seats where you can put your luggage. Also on the Kyoto to Tokyo route, they say, do you want a Mount Fuji view because when you’re travelling from Kyoto to Mount
Fuji, they recommend you stay on the left-hand side of the train
because they should hopefully, isn’t. Weather permitting,
be a view of Mount Fuji from the left side of the train from Kyoto to Tokyo. We are moving again. We were due to arrive into Hiroshima
an hour and 25 minutes after we left Osaka at 10:27. I think it’s going to be
closer to 11:00 now. If you are interested how I get data while
we’re abroad, especially here in Japan. I use an e-sim from Airalo. There it is on my phone now. If you’re not familiar what an e-sim is,
although you probably are because it seems like everybody is now promoting them
on their travel YouTube channels. It’s a non-physical sim,
so it’s a digital sim that gets added to your phone and you can use
it for data around the world. I’ve been using Airalo now since 2023
on all my international travels, and I’ve never had any issues whatsoever
with them, which is why I’ll always recommend them. Again, I’m not sponsored by them, but I
would recommend things that worked for me. If you are interested in getting an e-SIM
from Airalo, it’s like everything else, there’d be a link in the description down
or you could scan the QR code on the screen now. If you use my referral code,
that one there, you’ll get $3 off your first purchase. Sounds like we need to get a replacement train at the next station, so we need to get off here,
get a replacement train to continue going towards Hiroshima. We’ve had to just go across the platform,
platform 22, that’s our previous train behind us there, and wait
for the replacement train. I’m not sure how long it’s going to be. I don’t know what’s going
to happen with the seat situation. If the train’s empty when it arrives,
we’ll go to our same seat, 12, A, B, and C. We’re on our replacement train. It It’s now 10:30. We’re actually due to arrive
into Hiroshima three minutes ago. We’re still going to have a stop. Probably is going to be after 11:00,
maybe 11:10, 11:20, by the time I get to Hiroshima. Holly was just asking me then if we’re
booked into anywhere at a certain time. Yes, we are booked into the
Hiroshima Peace Museum at 12:00. We’ve got to enter
between 12:00 and 12:30. We’re off.
It is 10:34. There’s a dog in the suitcase, there. We’re just about to arrive at Hiroshima. Brief stop at Hiroshima. Passengers coming to the Sandale,
Ude, Kaube, and Ferry Rines. Please change trains here at Hiroshima. We’ve arrived at Hiroshima. All we need to do now is go through
the exit gate by using our passes, and then we will explore the city. We just need to exit right here. To exit, we just have to scan our cards. As you probably just saw then,
we are collecting some stamps in our Eki stamp book. Every station and every tourist attraction
has got a stamp that you can put into one of these books. We’re doing that all the way around Japan. We just got this cheap book
from Amazon before we arrived. We are starting to fill up, as you can see. That was our journey from Osaka
to Hiroshima riding on the Shinkansen bullet train. I hope you’ve enjoyed watching this
video as much as we’ve enjoyed making it. If you’re new here, my name’s Mark, along
with my daughter Holly and son Matthew. We make travel and theme park
videos from around the world. Now, here’s Holly with
a very special message. If you like this video,
please remember to like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell button
bye. Bye. Next time on Travelshorts Epic Japan Trip.

Join us on our first ever High Speed Bullet Train in Japan when we travel from Osaka to Hiroshima on our Epic Japan Trip.
👉 Free Japan Guide Book PDF with all our tips, tricks, best hotels, places to visit and more. https://bit.ly/TravelshortsJapan

Starting at our hotel in Osaka the Hotel Monterey Grasmere we begin our journey at Namba Station with a subway ride to Shin-Osaka Station.

At Shin-Osaka Station we purchase Ekibens for the ride and wait for our Shinkansen.

Our Shinkansen Bullet Train was a Nazomi N700 and could reach speeds of over 300 HM/H.

After touring the bullet train we eat our Ekibens.

Then we had a few problems, our train kept stopping and in the end we needed to switch train to take us all the Way to Hiroshima.
________________________
My Japan Links:
___
Travelshorts Guide to Japan:
👉 Totally FREE 56 page Guidebook: https://bit.ly/TravelshortsJapan
___
Accommodation:
👉 Hotel Monterey Grasmere Osaka: https://bit.ly/MontereyGrasmere
👉 The Park Front Hotel at Universal Studios Japan: https://bit.ly/UniversalParkFront
👉 Henn na Hotel Kyoto: https://bit.ly/HennKyoto
👉 Asakusa View Hotel Tokyo: https://bit.ly/AsakusaView
👉 Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay: bit.ly/SheratonGrandTokyo
👉 Tokyo Disneyland Partner Hotels: https://bit.ly/TDLRPartners
___
Activities:
👉 Umeda Sky Building: https://bit.ly/UmedaSkyTicket
👉 Ninja Experience Cafe Osaka: https://bit.ly/NinjaOsaka
👉 Dotonbori River Cruise: https://bit.ly/TonboriCruise
👉 Expo 2025 Tickets: https://bit.ly/OsakaExpoTKTS
👉 Hiroshima Peace Museum: bit.ly/HiroshimaMemorialMuseum
👉 Osaka Castle: https://bit.ly/OsakaCastleTickets
👉 Shibuya Sky: https://bit.ly/ShibuyaSkyTKTS
👉 Tokyo Skytree: https://bit.ly/TokyoSkytreeTicket
👉 Teamlab Borderless: https://bit.ly/TeamlabBorderless
👉 Tokyo Tower: https://bit.ly/TokyoTowerTKTS
👉 Mount Fuji Tours: https://bit.ly/FujiTours
👉 Nara Day Trip: https://bit.ly/NaraDayTrip
___
Theme Parks:
👉 Universal Studios Japan Tickets: https://bit.ly/USJTKTS
👉 Universal Studios Japan Express Tickets: https://bit.ly/USJEx
👉 Tokyo Disneyland Ticket: https://bit.ly/TDLTicket
👉 Tokyo Disney Sea Ticket: https://bit.ly/TDSTicket
👉 Sanrio Puroland: https://bit.ly/SanrioPurolandTKTS
👉 Studio Ghibli Tickets: https://bit.ly/StudioGhibliTKTS
👉 Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo: https://bit.ly/WarnerBrosStudioTokyo
___
Transport:
👉 Trip.com, the best place to get Flights, Hotels and Activities: https://bit.ly/TripFlights
👉 Japan Train Tickets: https://bit.ly/JapanTrainTKTS
👉 JR Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass: https://bit.ly/JRKansai
👉 Hakone Free Pass: https://bit.ly/Hakonepass
👉 Osaka Nankai Rapi:t Ticket: https://bit.ly/NankiTrain
👉 Kansai Airport Transfers: https://bit.ly/KansaiLimo
👉 Haneda Airport Transfers: https://bit.ly/HanedaLimo
👉 Narita Airport Transfers: https://bit.ly/TokyoLimo
___
Other:
👉 Airalo Esim: https://bit.ly/Airalo-ESIM use referral code MARK6579 to get $3 off.
👉 Astrill VPN, my favourite VPN: https://bit.ly/TS-VPN
👉 Osaka and Kyoto Luggage Delivery Service: https://bit.ly/OsakaKyotoLuggage

For all Klook links use code TRAVELSHORTSKLOOK for 5% off
* Please note that these are affiliate codes which I may receive a commission on at no additional cost to you.
_______________________

👉 Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=travelshorts
👉 My blog: http://travelshorts.com
👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travelshorts
👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelshorts/
👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/travelshorts
👉 Travel Guides: https://www.travelshortsguide.com
👉 Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelshorts
👉 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@travelshorts.com
👉 Find more videos: http://www.youtube.com/travelshorts
📷 My camera and editing gear: https://bit.ly/travelshortsgear

Unlike most YouTubers I don’t want money from you via Patreon, I make these videos for fun not for profit, but if you feel like you want to donate anything please consider giving to charity instead:
👉 Just Giving: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/travelshorts

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Getting to Shin-Osaka Station
03:15 Shin-Osaka Station
06:27 Shinkansen Bullet Train to Hiroshima
08:04 Tour of Shinkansen Bullet Train
10:26 Eating Ekiben on Shinkansen
12:56 Bathroom on Shinkansen
14:10 Trouble with train
14:34 On Train
20:19 Replacement Train
22:59 Arriving at Hiroshima Station